Strange behavour in loop

[Thomas Markl]

Please consider this strange behavour:
I have an outer and an inner loop. I want to stop (= break) the
Inner loop on an condition.
But this the loop behaves different when I test for i and in the
Second programm for j in the condition. WHY?
What I want is the result of programm „Test61“: The inner loop
Should end when j is a 1.
But why that behavour in „Test61a“?
Thanks for your answers.

public class Test61 {
 public static void main(String a[]) {
  int i;
  int j=0; 
  outer: for(i=0; i<3; i++) {
    inner: for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
     if (j==1) 
        break;
      System.out.println("Loop; i="+i+", "+j);
    }
  }
  System.out.println("Nach Loop; i="+i+",j= "+j);
 }
}

C:\Java\EigeneJavaProgramme>java Test61
Loop; i=0, 0
Loop; i=1, 0
Loop; i=2, 0
Nach Loop; i=3,j= 1

public class Test61a {
 public static void main(String a[]) {
  int i;
  int j=0; 
  outer: for(i=0; i<3; i++) {
    inner: for(j=0; j<3; j++) {
     if (i==1) // COMPARES I!!!
        break;
      System.out.println("Loop; i="+i+", "+j);
    }
  }
  System.out.println("Nach Loop; i="+i+",j= "+j);
 }
}

C:\Java\EigeneJavaProgramme>java Test61
Loop; i=0, 0
Loop; i=0, 1
Loop; i=0, 2
Loop; i=2, 0
Loop; i=2, 1
Loop; i=2, 2
Nach Loop; i=3,j= 3
[ November 01, 2002: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Ron Newman]

You are breaking out of the inner loop, but continuing the outer loop. This does just what you say it should do.